Weather conditions in northern parts of the state resulted in the lowest yield since 2012.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Recycled bourbon barrels are adding value, and savor, to the maple syrup industry
The barrels get re-used. The maple syrup gets gorgeously flavored. Win-win.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
Maple syrup producers optimistic about season’s sap run
Warm weather last month allowed for early runs of what some farms report was a particularly tasty product.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Sweet memories of maple sugaring
Reminiscences of late winter and early spring days spent on my grandmother’s Waterboro farm are a treat, even many years later.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is back at ‘full steam’
Loyal customers and comfort food cravings helped carry sugarhouses through the pandemic, but maple producers are excited to see visitors again, face to face.
Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Kitchen: Making maple syrup the old-fashioned way in Naples
At Little Farm, Joe and Nancy Foran eschew defoamers and fancy equipment to produce intensely flavored syrup that communicates their particular patch of trees, sun, earth and water.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Cooking at the Cove: Spring into maple season
Oh, maple season, I love you so. Never mind the mud, the potholes, the surprise snowstorm, and the thawing/re-freezing ice. Those warmish days followed by frigid nights are needed. It’s all OK when there’s an abundance of maple syrup to pour all over everything. Here is a little sampler of what you can do with […]
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Sap running, if slowly, as central Maine maple producers expect flow to rise with temperatures
Taps are out now, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup, as back-and-forth weather has slowed maple sugaring slightly.
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Green Plate Special: Coffee and maple live together in perfect harmony
Add maple to your morning coffee or flavor cookies with the delectable combination.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves – of maple syrup
Quebec produces 73 percent of the world’s supply but a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season caused output to fall by nearly a quarter.